Combined chair and high chair.



G. AGATI.

comamao CHAIR AND HiGH CHAIRI.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6. m7,

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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s, AGATI. .COMBINED CHAIR AND HIGH CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 6.I917.

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, MM I A TTORIVEY! UNrrn as GIOVANNI AGATI, OF .SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CQMBINED CHAIR To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GIovA1\*N1 AGATI a citizen of the United States,residing at e an Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Com- 1bined Chairs and High Chairs of which the 'active position to followingis a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in chairs and hasfor its primary object the provision of a combined chair and high chairso constructed that normally it will have ,the appearance of an ordinarydining chair and may be used as such, but so arranged that it may bereadily converted into a high chair, when desire A still further objectof my invention consists in constructing a chair of'theabove describedcharacter in which all of the high chair structure is connected to theseat box and seat of the chair in such a manner that, under ordinaryconditions, the high chair structure is entirely supported beneath theseat and inclosed within the seat box where y it will be out of sightand Where it will not in any way interferewith the ordinary use of thechair by an adult.

A still further object of my invention consists in hinging gthe seatproper of the chair to the seat boxlin such a manner that it may beswung upwardly against the back of the chair so that a supplen'ientalseat having arms and a tray may be swung into permit use of the deviceas a high chair.

Another object which I have in view is the provision of means for soconnecting the supmemental seat, its arms and tray to the seat box, andmain seat that when the device is an'an'gd for service as a high chairall parts willbe firmly braced and held in lace.

not h er object which I have in view is the mounting of the tray uponthe arms of the high chair'seat in such a mannerthat it may be swungupwardly and forwardly away from the lower face of the main seat'which,when the device is employed as a high chair, forms the back of thechilds' seat in order to Specification of Letters Patent.

AND HIGHY CHAIR.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional View of the chair arranged forordinary use by an. adult; i

Fig. 3 view correspondingto Fig. 2, but showing the main seat of thechair in elevated position and illustrating the supplemental chairstrucim'e in clevat stead of in section;

,l ig. 4- is a: view corresponding to Fig.

3, showing the supplemental chair structure in partially raised:position;

Fig. '5 is a front"elevation of the chair when arranged for a childsuse;

. Fig. (Sis a fragmentary perspective View, illustrating the manner .inwhich the main chair seat is hinged to the body of the chair.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by-the samereference characters.

The sole difference in construction between the chair proper of myinvention and that of the ordinary dining chair is'that the seat ishinged to the chairbody. I will,t l'ierefore, explain in a general way,the construction of the 'chair proper and then more particula rl y tlrcconstruction ofthe supplemental or connected parts which coiiperate toform the supplemental seat having arms and a tray and adapted tobesupported by the chair in elevated position for use by a child.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.. Application filed January 6, 1917. Serial No.141,004.

ion 'in- The chair proper includes the front legs box by the usualstretchers 15. At this point it should be noted that the rear stretchers12 and upper ends of the front legs 10 or may be swung upwardly andrearwardly to rest against the back forming portions 14 of the rear legsand against one of the back stretchers 15. This seat is constructed toslightly pverhang the seat box, as is usual, and' in, order that it maydo this and still be hinged to the seat box its rear cornersare-cut-away, as shown at 18, so that its rear edge, which is disposedin close proximity to the forward face of the rear seat box stretcher12, may swing downwardly between the side seat box stretchers 12. Eachhinge 17 includes a hinge member 19 of strip metal of suitable Weightsecured to the inner face of one of the side seat box stretchers12 byscrews 20 or other suitable fastening means and extending upwardly andrearwardly along said stretcher is a free hinge ear 21 projecting abovethe upper face of the stretcher and in proximity to the adjacent rearleg of the chair. Each hinge further includes a hinge member 22 of stripmetal, secured by screws 23 or other suitable fastening means to thelower face of'the chair seat proper 16 and formed. at. one end with anupbent hinge'ear 24 which-projects into a slot 25 formed in the chairseat to receive it and the hinge car 21, a pintle pin 26 pivotallyconnecting these ears. By this arrangement, the pivoted portions properof the hingesare seated in the slots of the chair seat and any danger ofinjury to wearing apparel and the like, through catching upon thehinges, is avoided. Furthermore, when the chair is in closed position,the hinges are completely hidden from View, as will bereadilyappreciated by reference to Fig. 20f the drawings.

Substantially L-shaped hinge plates 27 are secured by one arm'to theunder face of the chair seat 16 adjacent each side and in opposedrelation to each other so thattheir free arms project forwardly at rightangles to the chair seat to swingingly support a supplemental seat 28.mental seat 28, when in raised position, as shown in Fig. l of thedrawings,.engages at its rear edge against the main seat 16 and the freearms of the hinge plates 27 engage in cut-away portions 29 formed in thesides of the supplemental seat 28. Pivot This supple-- pins 30 connectthe supplemental seat 28 to the end portions of the free arms of thehinge plates 27 at such a distance from'the rear edge of thesupplementalseat 28 that when the supplemental seat is folded backagainst the lower face of the main seat, its free edge will engageagainst the main seat, while its edge adjacent the hinges is spacedtherefrom, as fully shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings Supportingblocks 31 are secured to the under face of the main,

lower ends l'ietween the terminals 33 and sides of the supplemental seat28 by pivot pins 35 which also pass through the upper ends of seatsupporting braces 36 which bear. against the outer faces of theterminals 33. These braces 36 are formed of metal of suitable weight andare bowed outwardly at points slightly below the'supple nental seat 35:0 that their lower or free ends will slidably engage against the innerfaces of the side. stretchers 12 of the chair body. The lower ends ofthese braces are correspondingly slotted, each brace being formed with alongitudinal slot 37 terminating adjacent the end of the brace with alaterally andv upwardly directed extension or pin receiving seat 38, andguide and supporting pins 39 roject through these slots and are anchoredin the side stretchers 12. formed and the supporting and guide pins 39are so located as to in no way interfere with the swinging of thesupplemental seat 28 to its raised or lowered position. However, whenthe supplemental scat is raised, the side braces-36 may be sprungsomewhat to bring the lower ends of the notches at the pins and thelower ends of the braces may .then be sprung'rearmirdly and released sothat the pins will seat in the upwardly-directed terminals 38 of thenotches in order that the braces may serve to readily support the frontportion of the supplemental seat 28. j v

Each of the braces is formed'with an inwardly directedextension 40projecting at right angles to the plane of the brace and having aforwardly directed-ear 41 which,

in raised position of the supplemental seat 28, is-dispo'sedsubstantially level with the" upper edges of the'front and sidestretcher-s 12 of the chair body. A foot rest 42 is These slots are so llac hinged to the upper rear edge portion of the front stretcher 12, asshown at 43, in

such a manner that it may be swung upstretcher, as shown in Fig. 4, or'down-' wardly in vertical 'alinement with the wardly to lie against theinner face of the stretcher, as shown in Fig. 2. supplemental seat is 1nralsed position, it

will be clear that this foot rest may be swung to the position shown inFig. 1 to bear upon the supporting ears 41' and provide a suitable footrest. Hinge brackets 44 are secured to the lower face of the seat proper16 adjacent either'side edge and near .the front thereof, being spacedfrom each other a distance equal to the width of the supplemental seat28 and each of these hinge plates is formed with a pair of outwardlydirected hinge ears'45 adapted to receive between them the rear endofran arm 46, these arms being connected to the ,e'arsby hinge pins 47.These arins; form arms for the childs seat and project aconsiderabledistance beyond the forward edge of the supplemental seat 28and the upper faces of the arms intermediate their length are notched toreceive the bight portion of U-shaped hinge stirrups 48,.the sides ofwhich project below the arms to straddle the upper ends of thearmsiipporting standards 34 which are pivoted between them by hinge pins49.

By this means, the arms and supplemental seat are connected to swing inumson. It

' should be noted that the ends of the arms are connected to the hingebrackets 44 at such a distance from the main seat 16 as will permit themto lie substantially parallel with the main seat when the supplemental.

I wardly beyond the ends of the. arms and hinge pins 51 are passedthrough these ears and through the ears of L-shaped hinge brackets 52secured to the under face of a tray 53 adjacent its forward edge so thatthe tray may rest upon the arms, as shown in Fig. 1- or may be swungforwardly in front of the free endsof the arms, as preferred; This trayincludes a body, 54 surrounded by an upstanding marginal wall 55 whichwill serve to prevent displacement of dishes, toys or other articlesplaced on it. The tray, at one side and adjacent its rear edge, carriesan L-shaped'bracket 56, the depending arm of which is provided with anopening to receive a spring pressed bolt 5" mounted, ina housing 58secured to the outer face of the adjacent arm;.and having an opcratingfinger 59. This latch serves to lock the tray in itsnormal position,shown in Fig. 1, so that it'may not be swun outwardly by a childoccupying the cha r.

\Vhen the.

In describing the manner of employing the chair, it will first, beassumed that the parts are in the condition shown in Fig. 2 0fthedrawings, under which circumstances,

the chair is adapted for use by an adult, all of the high chairstructure or supplemental parts being supported within the chair box aand held against displacement by a supporting bar 60, preferably formedof metal and ex tending transversely across the lower portion of thechair box, being secured at its ends to the lower edges of the sidestretchers 12.

the seat proper 16 is swung upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 andthe foot rest 42 is also swung'to the position there's'hown. With theparts in this position, the lower edge of thetray is grasped and thearms and supplemental seat 28 are swung upwardly in the manner whichwill be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 4, the braces 36 firstriding downwardly uponthe pins and as the parts pass dead center ridingupwardly along the pins until the pins are located adjacent the lowerends of the slots. The braces are then sprung to seat'the pins in theends 38 of the slots so that the supplemental seat, together with itsarms and tray, will be --'When the chair is to be used as a high chair,

firmly supported in place, the braces not only serving as a support forthese parts but 'also holding the main seat 16, which forms the back ofthe supplemental seat 28, firmly against the back of the chair proper.The foot rest 42 is'then swung downwardly to the position shown in Fig.1 when the chair is ready for use by achild. By releasing the latch bolt57, the tray may be swung forwardly in order to provide ample room forplacing the child in its seat, after which the tray may be swung backand locked so that it will prevent the child from falling from the seatand so that it may serve to hold dishes, toys or other articles. Ob-

viously, the parts may be returned to normal position so that the chairmay be used by an adult by merely reversing the operation abovedescribed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A combined chair and high chair including front and rear legs andstretchers connecting them providing a chair body having a seat box andback, a main seat hinged to the seat box and adapted to rest thereon orto be swung upwardly and rearwardly against the chair back, asupplemental seat hinged to the under face of the first seat and capableof being swung outwardly at substantially right angles thereto when thefirst seat rests against the back, supporting braces pivoted to thesides of the supplemental seat near its free forward edge and formed attheir. opposite ends with guide slots having offset anchoring terminals,pins carried by ad j acent' stretchers of the seat box engaging bracketswhereby as long as *ressure is exin the slots and adapted to seat in theter- 'erted upon the foot rest the races will be mina-ls thereof whenthe supplemental seat held against such movement as could free 10 israised to support such seat, inwardly dithe pins from the anchoringterminals of 5 rected brackets carried by the braces, and a their slots.

' foot rest hinged to the forward stretcher of In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature. the seat box and adapted to rest upon the GIOVANNIAGATI. [L.S.]

